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Contest Summer 2022 Poetry Contest Voting and Reading Thread (Voting through August 19th)

Which Poem or Poem do you like Best (you may vote for up to two)

  • Poem 1: "To the Praise of Chotec"

    Votes: 3 37.5%

  • Poem 2: "Pets"

    Votes: 5 62.5%

  • Poem 3: "In the Port of Skeggi"

    Votes: 3 37.5%

  • Poem 4: "Speechless"

    Votes: 1 12.5%

  • Poem 5: "Lords of Space and Time"

    Votes: 1 12.5%

  • Poem 6: "The New World"

    Votes: 1 12.5%

  • Poem 7: "Cold Blood"

    Votes: 1 12.5%
  • Total voters
    8
  • Poll closed .
Y'ttar Scaletail said:
...But poem three was (part)written by myself...

It was a very direct homage to Jacques Brel's song: Dans Le Port d'Amsterdam, though I used the translated version as the basis for my piece which Bowie covered.


But instead of talking about the Port of Amsterdam and the depravities afflicting it and its people, I turned it to the hopelessness of Skeggi. Some lines I kept because they were already too good and instead I shaped the narrative to fit Skeggi instead. Skeggi itself was a right git to rhyme to. :p
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Ah I may have miscounted the entries :oops::oops:

Nice take on it!

Grrr, Imrahil
 
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